Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-07-21
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An Alleged Jury Fixer" Sues Fol
Services Rendered.


SAN Francisco, July, 19.-Frank w.
Northey has commenced suit against
Robert F. Morrow to $4,000
for services alleged to have been rem
dered. Northey was convicted re-
Gently Of attempting to bride the jury
in a case commenced by the widow of
Edward Wright against the Geary
street Railway Company to recover for
the death of her husband, he having
been killed through the negligence of
the company. This was supposed to
end the matter, so far as Northey Is
concerned, but he now commences the
present suit against Morrow, a promi-
nent stakeholder of the Geary street
Railroad, and charges him with being
the instigator ofthe attempted bribery.
Northey was the owner of a butcher
shop, and says that Morrow came to
him, offering 1000 for each juror OBJ
tainable. After his conviction Northey
says his business was ruined, as every
body pointed him out as a"jury fixer."
He SAYS he went to Morrow, who gave
him S., 200, but Northey says this does
not in any sense recompense him for
the injury inflicted upon him in BUSH
ness and in a personal way, owing to
the reputation he has achieved, and he
therefore sues to recover the amount
stated. Morrow is absent from the
city.
The Turtle story Going the
Rounds.
New York, July 19.-The Tribune's
Boston special says: An Irishman
who was at work to-day digging a eel
lar for the new block at Washington
and Vermont streets came upon a
huge mud turtle, whose large yellow
orbits blinked and twinkled.
The turtle measured two and a half
feet in length and was a little over a
foot in width. 1t weighed twenty
eight pounds, and had a large head
about the size OF an ostrich egg, while
its tail was wei a foot in length and
was armed with seven sharp spikes or
horns. Naturalists expressed the
opinion that the turtle was at least 150
wears old, and must have been buried
for go years.
The Murdered Chinese.
LEWISTON, Idaho, July 19.-After a
thorough investigation there is every
reason to believe that the Chinese
bodies found in Snake river were mur-
dered by their own countryman, and
not by whites or Indians, as was first
supposed. There were two rival fac
tons mining in each others vicinity
for about a year past.
The murdered parties we're known
to be possessed OF from $1,000 to $4,000
in gold dust, and from the appearance
Of the bodies so far recovered they
were shot in the back and mutilated
| by cleaners, a weapon in general use
among the Chinese.
Accidentally Killed.
DENVER, July ia Cheyenne
special to the News says: The three
year-old daughter of John G. Brooks,
living at the station near this city. was
killed this morning by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun. Nh. Brooks
had loaded his gun with a heavy charge
for the purpose of shooting hawks, and
while attending to some work on the
railroad track left it in a corner Of the
railroad pump-house, near his dwell
ing. 1t is supposed his children, while
at play, knocked the gun down, when
it was discharged, the entire load tax
ing effect in the child's head, scatter.
ing it's brains on the floor and killing il
instantly.
Almost Fatal.
PORTLAND, Or, July 19.-Mrs. G.
HI. Hodges, the wife of a prominent
citizen of Clackamas, w. T., has been
taking digitalis reduced for teaspoonful
doses, but for some reason her physi.
clan prescribed the drug unadulter.
ated, telling her, and also labelling the
bottle, that four drops constituted q
dose. Nevertheless, when the time
came for taking the medicine, Mrs
Hodges poured a teaspoonful of the
deadly poison into her stomach.
Prompt action was taken and her life
will probably be saved.
lleatrOye ed His Mind by Sludy.